Topher Grace

It's an awkward experience so relatable — the older employee who works for a younger boss — that Hollywood has made movies about it. Remember Dennis Quaid's incredulous look at the much younger Topher Grace in the 2004 film "In Good Company," when the middle-aged ad exec finds his new corporate boss standing in his office? "How old are you?" Quaid's character asks, dumbfounded.

But it turns out that uneasy feeling isn't the only problem. A younger boss steering older subordinates may also have an effect on company performance. An academic study recently published...

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